Unit 9. Natural disaters

VO THI SAU SECONDARY SCHOOL
WELCOME TO ALL TEACHERS TO OUR CLASS 9/1
Match the words to the correct pictures:
d) tornado
a) earthquake
e) tidal wave
f) typhoon
c) snowstorm
b) volcano
Saturday, April 3rd,2010
1/New words :
tidal wave (n)
: sóng thần
abrupt (adj)
: bất ngờ, đột ngột
shift (n)
: sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi
warn (v)
: cảnh báo, báo trước
: phun trào
erupt (v)
: cơn lốc xoáy
tornado (n)
funnel-shaped (adj)
:có hình phễu
:hút lên
suck up (v)
*Checking vocabulary:
Tidal wave (n)
:sóng thần
abrupt (adj)
:bất ngờ, đột ngột
shift (n)
:sự chuyển dịch, thay đổi
warn (v)
:cảnh báo, báo trước
:phun trào
erupt (v)
:cơn lốc xoáy
tornado (n)
funnel-shaped (adj)
:có hình phễu
:hút lên
suck up (v)
2/True or False Statements:
1. Most of the earthquakes in the world occur in the Ring of Fire.
2. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 caused severe damage.
3. A huge tidal wave traveled from California to Alaska and hit Anchorage in the 1960s.
4. Typhoon, hurricane and tropical storm are different words for the same natural disaster.
5. The eruption of Mount Pinatubo is the world’s largest ever volcanic eruption.
6. A tornado look like a funnel.
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( from Alaska to California )
(volcanic eruption in more than 50 years )
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3/Complete the sentences:
1. The majority of earthquakes ...
2. During the earthquake in Kobe, many
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3. A tidal wave can only occur when
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4. In Australia, a tropical storm is known as
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5. The Chinese language gave us
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6. A tornado is a type of storm that
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occur around the Pacific Rim, known as a Ring of Fire.

homes, office blocks and highways collapsed .
there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
a cyclone.
the word “typhoon”.
passes overland below a thunderstorm and can suck up anything in its path.
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Saturday, April 3rd,2010
1/ New word:
2/ True or false statements:
3/ Complete the sentences:
4/ Lucky numbers:
5/ Homework:

-Learn by heart the new words.
-Read the text and answer the questions.
-Prepare: Write
Thank you very much
Around the Pacific Rim
1. Where do most of earthquakes happen ?
It means “big wind”.
3.What does “typhoon” mean ?

Yes. The scientists can warn us about the eruption.
4. Can we predict a volcano?

- Tidal waves will happen.
5. What will happen when there is an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the earth?

Lucky number
It looks like a funnel
6. What does a tornado look like?